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Publishes award-winning books that advance humanities and social science fields, as well as English language teaching and regional resources.
Assists the U-M community of faculty, staff, and students in achieving their publishing ambitions.
Share and access research data, articles, chapters, dissertations and more produced by the U-M community.
A community-based, open source publishing platform that helps publishers present the full richness of their authors' research outputs in a durable, discoverable, accessible and flexible form. Developed by Michigan Publishing and University of Michigan Library.
Contents
From Klein to Winnicott A New Miseenscène for Mother 7
The Uneasy Search for Alternatives 33
Kristevas DeathBearing Mother 53
Postscript 79
Notes 81
Works Cited 91
Index 97
Copyright
Explores the cultural history of what underlies popular conceptions of "proper" mothering
Janice Doane is Associate Professor of English at St. Mary's College.
Devon Hodges is Professor of English and American Studies at George Mason University. They are authors of Nostalgia and Sexual Difference: The Resistance to Contemporary Feminism.
